PSACF Conducts Convention This Week
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
HERSHEY (Lancaster Co.)
The Pennsylvania State Asso
ciation of County Fairs and the
Pennsylvania State Showmen’s
Association conducted their
90th annual convention this
week.
The convention ran from
Wednesday through Saturday at
the Hershey Lodge and Conven
tion Center, Hershey.
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Educational opportunities
were provided for convention at
tendees. Seminars included a
how-to workshop on getting
grants for fairs, explaining the
responsibilities of individual in
the decision-making process of
running a fair, an update on
trucking and trucker regula
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protecting the fair against ter
rorism and other assaults.
Approximately 100 attendees
took advantage of the opportu
nity to brush up on skills or
learn gain knowledge in a new
category of fair classes at the
annual Judges School. Seminars
included certification in vegeta
bles; quilting and needlework;
nuts, fruits, and berries; flowers;
art; crocheting and knitting;
photography; and crafts and ce
ramics.
A few roundtable topics in
cluded seminars which taught
attendees how to use the fair
grounds “more than just fair
week and winter storage,” and
how to deal with “problems of
local fairs overlapping dates.”
Watch Lancaster Farming for
scheduled coverage of the fair
queen competition and more in
depth coverage of the Judges’
School.
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Va. Farm Show
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With sheep production, how
ever, the two counties have been
almost neck and neck. Augusta
County actually leads the state
in sheep production.
Rick Heidel, animal science
agent from Augusta County,
said of the upcoming event, “If
it lures the people, it will grow.
It’s a very convenient location
almost central to 1-81 and I
-64. There is a pretty good supply
of motels for people who want to
stay overnight,” he said.
Expoland Manager Judy
Armstrong sounds exuberant
about the Virginia Farm Show.
“We are excited,” she said. ‘lt’s
going to be fun.”
“It is centrally located. We
are only four miles from 1-81.”
She learned the buildings are
completely sold out and several
tents will be set up and heated.
“They expect a big crowd,”
Armstrong said.
On 200 acres, the nonprofit
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 19,2002-A39
Augusta Expoland hosts live
stock sales, antique expos, coin
and stamp shows, gun shows,
dog shows, crafts shows, tractor
and monster truck events,
rodeos, and concerts in the am
phitheater. The facility that
opened in 1969 continues to
grow and this year will see an
all-purpose building with di
mensions of 100 by 102-feet
added.
Interested persons may learn
more about the Virginia Farm
Show and scroll down the exhib
itor’s list by visiting www.virgi
niafarmshow.com on the
Internet.
Expoland is located just off
Interstate 64 at Exit 91. If trav
eling north or south on Inter
state 81, watch for Interstate 64
at Exit 221 and turn east toward
Waynesboro, Charlottesville, or
Richmond.
On the Internet, Augusta Ex
poland is found at www.augus
taexpo.com.
With sheep produc
tion, however, the two
counties have been
almost neck and neck.
Augusta County actu
ally leads the state in
sheep production.
Rick Heidel, animal
science agent from
Augusta County, said
of the upcoming event,
“If it lures the people,
it will grow. It’s a very
convenient location
almost central to 1-81
and 1-64. There is a
pretty good supply of
motels for people who
want to stay over
night,” he said.
Expoland Manager
Judy Armstrong
sounds exuberant
about the Virginia
Farm Show. “We are
excited,” she said. ‘lt’s
going to be fun.”
“It is centrally lo
cated. We are only
four miles from 1-81.”
She learned the
buildings are com
pletely sold out and
several tents will be set
up and heated.
“They expect a big
crowd,” Armstrong
said.
On 200 acres, the
nonprofit Augusta Ex
poland hosts livestock
sales, antique expos,
coin and stamp shows,
gun shows, dog shows,
crafts shows, tractor
and monster truck
events, rodeos, and
concerts in the am
phitheater. The facil
ity that opened in 1969
continues to grow and
this year will see an
all-purpose building
with dimensions of
100 by 102-feet added.
Interested persons
may learn more about
the Virginia Farm
Show and scroll down
the exhibitor’s list by
visiting www.virgi
niafarmshow.com on
the Internet.
Expoland is located
just off Interstate 64 at
Exit 91. If traveling
north or south on In
terstate 81, watch for
Interstate 64 at Exit
221 and turn east
toward Waynesboro,
Charlottesville, or
Richmond.
On the Internet,
Augusta Expoland is
found at www.augus-